With fuel prices skyrocketing, residents of Chennai are now witnessing a worrying trend of fuel theft as miscreants siphoning off petrol from the parked vehicles, Tamil language newspaper Dina Thanthi reported on Tuesday. Fuel prices were not revised on Tuesday, though petrol gained ₹35 paise on Monday while diesel price remained intact. With a hike almost every day to the already soaring fuel prices, petrol thieves are having a field day mainly targeting apartment buildings where many two-wheelers are parked at the same spot. Meanwhile, major political parties in the state are staging protests against the fuel price hike. Addressing the protest, Premalatha Vijayakanth said that the livelihood of people was at stake due to the phenomenal hike in petrol and diesel prices.

Source: Hindustan Times July 06, 2021 06:00 UTC